Title: An empirical analysis for national energy R&D expenditures

Authors: Jiu-Tian Zhang, Ying Fan, Yi-Ming Wei

Addresses: Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080 Beijing, PR China Business School, University of Science and Technology of China, 230051 Hefei, PR China. ' Institute of Policy and Management (IPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), P.O. Box 8712, 100080 Beijing, China. ' Institute of Policy and Management (IPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), P.O. Box 8712, 100080 Beijing, China

Abstract: This paper focuses on the government R&D expenditures and analyses the dynamic reaction patterns of energy R&D in several countries to oil shocks and shows that the oil shocks served as a strong incentive to promote energy R&D. But on the other hand, it suggests the myopic behaviour of government in energy R&D. We further analyse the trends of energy R&D portfolio in both technology dimension and country. The result shows a trend of technological variety, but fewer countries have invested in energy R&D, and those countries tend to invest in their favoured technologies.

Keywords: energy R&D expenditures; portfolios; entropy; diversification; concentration; research and development; government R&D expenditures; national R&D expenditures; oil crisis; energy technology; energy policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2006.008388

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2006 Vol.25 No.1/2, pp.141 - 159

Published online: 15 Dec 2005 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article